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1999 Interplay US Chess Championship
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Gulko Wins! For details, see our Current Results Summary. This includes the crosstable, bulletins from the site, and available gamescores. Updated daily!
Belakovskaia wins the 1999 Interplay US Women's Championship. |
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www.uschess.org to offer GM commentaryWe are very pleased to announce that GM Michael Rohde will be offering live commentary throughout the event. These comments will be available along with the moves in an HTML page format which does not require Java. Archived commentary is available in our Games Section once the event begins.
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Pairings, Schedule, and Other Information
Title Sponsor: Interplay Productions, Inc., of Irvine, CA
Contact Information
August 22-September 11, 1999
Holiday Inn
999 South Main St.
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: 801-359-8600
Fax: 801-364-4327
Local Organizer: Robert Tanner
Players
This event is the Absolute championship, and is open to all players without restriction on geography, age, or gender. Players are invited based on rating or performance in specific events like the US Junior Championship. Play will be held in two groups. The top two players from each group will advance to the Semi Finals. The eventual winner earns the title of 1999 US Champion.
Group: 1
(The number before each player's name is his draw number. Clicking on each underlined player's name will take you to his biography and photo. You can also see a set of photos in Chess Buzz Issue 121.)
Average Rating: 2648.625
Group: 2
Average Rating: 2652.125
U.S.Women's Championships
(This separate, gender-restricted event, is open to women only, and is intended to promote the participation of women in tournament chess. There is a single section of 10 players. The highest scoring player earns the title of 1999 US Women's Champion. Invitations are offered based on rating. See the TDs Section for full details on the Invitation Process)
1998 champion Irina Krush has chosen not to defend her title, as she is currently preparing for the FIDE (international) Absolute Under 16 Championship (open to boys and girls). (Krush, rated 2454, is 15 years old, and is currently the #2 player in the US under 16 on the US Chess Federation Top 50 Lists.)
Pairings
Format
The 1999 Interplay U.S. Chess Championships incorporates the U.S. Championship and U.S. Women's Championship as part of the same event.
The U.S. Championship format is the same as that used in 1997 and 1998 (continuing with the modification from last year).
Stage 1
Two 8-player Round Robin qualifying sections, with the top two finishers in each section moving on to the next level.
Players will be grouped into the two sections according to formula once the final player list is determined.
Stage 2
Four-game elimination matches with the qualifiers from the previous stage, reducing the field to two finalists.
Stage 3
Four-game final for the title of 1999 U. S. Champion.
US Women's Championship
The U.S. Women's Championship will be a traditional 10-player Round Robin.
PRIZE FUND
The two events feature combined prize fund of $100,000.00.
U.S. Absolute Championship
FINALS:
- 1999 U.S. Champion-$12,000+ring+title
- Runner-up-$7,500.00
SEMI-FINALS:
- 3-4. Semifinalists-$6,000.00
PRELIMINARIES:
- 3rd place each section-$4,500.00
- 4th place each section-$3,950.00
- 5th place each section-$3,700.00
- 6th place each section-$3,200.00
- 7th place each section-$2,700.00
- 8th place each section-$2,200.00
U.S. WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP:
The tournament features a $28,000.00 prize fund to be distributed in the following manner:
- $5,000+championship trophy
- $4,000
- $3,500
- $3,000
- $2,700
- $2,300
- $2,100
- $1,900
- $1,800
- $1,700
Both events: There may be various Albert brilliancy prizes, courtesy of Chess in the Schools. The status of the Crenshaw prizes is still being resolved, pending a final decision from the family.
Schedule
U.S. Championship
Round by Round Pairings for All Rounds now available.
Aug. 22-Opening
Aug. 23-Round 1
Aug. 24-Round 2
Aug. 25-Round 3
Aug. 26-Round 4
Aug. 27-FREE
Aug. 28-Round 5
Aug. 29-Round 6
Aug. 30-Round 7
Aug. 31-Playoff
Sept. 1-Closing
Sept. 2-Semi Rd. 1
Sept. 3-Semi Rd. 2
Sept. 4-Semi Rd. 3
Sept. 5-Semi Rd. 4
Sept. 6-Playoff
Sept. 7-Finals Rd. 1
Sept. 8-Finals Rd. 2
Sept. 9-Finals Rd. 3
Sept. 10-Finals Rd. 4
Sept. 11-Playoffs/departure
Games are at 3pm (5 pm Eastern)
U.S. Women's Championship
Round by Round Pairings for All Rounds now available.
Aug. 22-Opening
Aug. 23-Round 1
Aug. 24-Round 2
Aug. 25-Round 3
Aug. 26-Round 4
Aug. 27-Round 5
Aug. 28-Round 6
Aug. 29-Round 7
Aug. 30-Round 8
Aug. 31-Round 9
Sept. 1-Closing
Games are at 3pm (5 pm Eastern)
Games and Bulletins
Games will be available the next day after each round in that round's Bulletin. You will find a complete index in the most current results. Those games that had live commentary from GM Rohde during the rounds are stored in autoplay format (one diagram per move with commentary) in our Games Archive. Selected games in PGN are also available..
FIDE Zonal Information
Although as of August 15, as no official date has yet been set for the next FIDE World Championship, this event is still being treated as a Zonal.
The event IS officially a Zonal because the next
FIDE has indicated that five is the most likely number of qualifiers; the USCF is using that number as best information available. The fifth spot is being filled the way it was
announced before the tournament started: with a playoff between the people with the highest scores who didn't win an undisputed first or second
(e.g. Seirawan, Benjamin, A. Ivanov -- 4pts).
The 1998 Event
Curious about the last US Championship Tournament? Want to look up how one of your favorites fared? See our Chess Life Online
Archive Feature section on the 1998 Interplay US Chess Championships.
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